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Final Exam Soc-102 questions withcorrect ANSWERS
In the development of society, which of the following types of societies was the earliest form of society
that we know of? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Hunting and gathering societies
Which theoretical perspective "sees society as composed of a number of groups in constant battle over
power, prestige and economic resources?" - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Conflict theory
Durkheim's "Elements of Religion" include - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Rituals, ceremonies, moral
communities
Which of the following is not an agent of socialization? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Nature
Norms are - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ All of the above
The description a "number of people who share similar norms, values and expectations, and interact
with one another on a regular basis" is how sociologists define - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ A group
What were the three sources (or types) of authority identified by Max Weber?
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Traditional, rational-legal, charismatic
Sociologist David Popenoe indicates that there are four general types of deviance. Indicate one of
Popenoe's types of deviance. - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Aberrant
Based on his famous theory explaining the cause of deviance and crime, what would Edwin Sutherland
consider as the underlying cause of deviance? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Group association
Which sociological perspective stresses that society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated parts that
work together harmoniously? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Structural functional analysis
, According to George Herbert Mead how does a child learn to take the role of others?
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Through play and social interaction
The process whereby a country or area goes from having high birth rates and high death rates to having
low birth rates and low death rates is known as the - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Demographic
Transition
Sociologists refer to open and closed stratification systems. Your text ranks the various systems from
most closed to most open. Which of the following rankings is the one that the text describes when going
from most closed to most open? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Slavery, Caste, Estate, Class
Authority that is legitimate and is a product of history and passed down from generations by means of
custom is called - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Traditional authority
Sociologist Robert Merton's Strain Theory indicates five modes of adaption: Conformity, Ritualism,
Retreatism and Rebellion. Select the mode of adaption not given. - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔
Innovation
In the United States, the sorting system of who does what and who receives which goods, services and
life options is accomplished through which organizing principle(s) of stratification
- .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ All of the above
The term used to describe the movement of masses of people to cities is - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔
Urbanization
Emile Durkheim stated several reasons why deviance was actually functional for society. Which of the
following was not one of them? - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ One deviant act leads to another, which
increases social solidarity
Mattie is a new sociology professor at the local college. During her first lecture, she noticed that some
students were yawning. Based on her interpretation of the students yawning, Mattie has decided she is a
boring teacher. This is an example of the process referred to as - .......🔷ANSWERS🔶......✔✔ Looking-
glass self
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